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Jõgeva County

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Jõgeva County Jõgevamaa
County
Põltsamaa Castle
Flag Coat of arms

Country	Estonia
Capital	Jõgeva
Government
• Governor	Viktor Svjatõšev
Area
• Total	2,603.83 km² (1,005.34 sq mi)
Population (2022^[1])
• Total	27,857
• Rank	10th
• Density	11/km² (28/sq mi)
Ethnicity
• Estonians	91.4%
• Russians	6.7%
• other	1.9%
GDP ^[2]
• Total	€466 million (2022)
• Per capita	€16,768 (2022)
ISO 3166 code	EE-50
Vehicle registration	J
Website	www.jogevamaa.ee

Jõgeva County (Estonian: Jõgeva maakondorJõgevamaa) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in eastern part of the country and borders Ida-Viru County to the north-east, Lake Peipus to the east, Tartu County to the south, Viljandi County to the south-west, Järva County to the north-west and Lääne-Viru County to the north.

History[edit]

Jõgeva County or Jõgevamaa was created January 1, 1990 from a parts of Viljandimaa and Tartumaa counties.^[3]

County government[edit]

The County government (Estonian: Maavalitsus) was led by a governor (Estonian: maavanem), who was appointed by the Government of Estonia for a term of five years. Since 2009 until 2018, the Jõgeva County governor position was held by Viktor Svjatõšev. From 01.01.2018 County governments were shut down in Estonia.

Municipalities[edit]

Municipalities since 2017.

The county is subdivided into municipalities. There are three rural municipalities (Estonian: vallad – parishes) in Jõgeva County.

Rank	Municipality	Type	Population (2018)^[4]	Area km²^[4]	Density^[4]
1	Jõgeva Parish	Rural	13,889	1,038	13.4
2	Mustvee Parish	Rural	5,643	615	9.2
3	Põltsamaa Parish	Rural	10,012	891	11.2

Religion[edit]

Religion in Jõgeva County (2021)[1]

Unaffiliated (79.0%)

Lutheran (11.2%)

Orthodox & Old Believers (6.35%)

Others Christians (1.8%)

Others or Unknown (1.2%)

Religious affiliations in Jõgeva County, census 2000–2021*^[5]
Religion	2000		2011		2021
Religion	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Christianity	7,815	25.8	5,504	20.5	4,640	19.3
—Orthodox Christians	954	3.2	1,081	4.0	1,160	4.8
—Lutherans	5,982	19.7	3,686	13.8	2,690	11,2
—Catholics	37	0.1	34	0.1	140	0.5
—Baptists	58	0.2	59	0.2	80	0.3
—Jehovah's Witnesses	95	0.3	110	0.4	100	0.4
—Pentecostals	14	0.04	29	0.1	30	0.1
—Old Believers	600	2.0	404	1.5	360	1.5
—Methodists	11	0.04	7	0.02	-	-
—Adventists	64	0.3	57	0.2	40	0.1
—Other Christians	-	-	37	0.1	40	0.1
Islam	7	0.02	8	0.02	-
Buddhism	-	-	16	0.05	10	0.04
Other religions**	106	0.3	186	0.7	260	1.0
No religion	12,838	42.4	17,505	65.5	16,370	68.3
Not stated***	9,514	31.4	3,497	13.1	2,630	11.0
Total population*	30,280		26,721		23,940
*The censuses of Estonia count the religious affiliations of the population older than 15 years of age.^[5] ".^[5]

Images[edit]

Central Jõgeva parish
Main building of Kuremaa manor
Kuremaa windmill
Torma Church
Kaiu Lake
Laiuse Castle ruins
Palamuse parish school
Jõgeva bus station
Mustvee Church
Kursi Church
Main building of Lustivere manor
Betti Alver museum in Jõgeva
Männikjärve bog in Endla
Estonian War of Independence Memorial in Kursi
Floodplain of the Pedja RiverinAlam-Pedja Nature Reserve near Kirna
Main building of Puurmani manor

References[edit]

^ "Jõgeva maakond - Valik andmeid - Piirkondlik portree Eestist".

^ "GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT BY COUNTY". stat.ee.

^ "Jõgeva maakond - Eesti Entsüklopeedia". Entsyklopeedia.ee. 2017-01-19. Retrieved 2022-05-05.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Elanike demograafiline jaotus maakonniti". Kohaliku omavalitsuse portaal. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

^ ^a ^b ^c Official census data from Statistics Estonia: